Blog Number 6!!!

"Teaching art is a shared experience. Our ability to share our own personal vision and interact with others through art can become realized..." -Michael Bell



Art needs to be a core subject in schools because it offers the following for students:
-It gives them the ability to understand space and composition. Through studying famous artwork and through creating their own students are able to see how spacial relation can be created. This is transferable to many job types in the future such as Interior design, carpentry, marketing, advertising...ect. It will also help student to think critically and in a problem solving manor as they create their projects.
-It demands creativity. Students will be given projects where they will need to think of themes, ideas and accomplish problem solving. The more that students have to constantly figure out ideas, and also learn from others through critiques they will see so many possibilities and thought stimulating material. Creativity leads to innovations and will make individuals more competitive in the workplace as they will have initiative and problem solving clues.
-Critiques and group projects help students to create positive environments and learn from one another. Students will need to use this in future endeavors such as University or any job.
-It allows students to communicate their views, question problems in their own lives, escape into a safe place and communicate with others. For the rest of their lives students will be caught in conflict, or will have questions and issues that they may not be able to communicate verbally, or outwardly due to personal or societal constraints, art can be a cathartic way for them to express their ideas.
-It helps with motor skills and dexterity because students learn to use multiple tools and mediums.

I realize that art can be tacked onto other subjects in the form of integrated projects. I do believe that Art is so valuable though that it requires it`s own time slot and resources.
Specialized teachers would help the class because:
-If a teacher is specialized in Art education they will have a better understanding of the materials and will be better able to adapt it to the different needs of the students within a class.
-They would be able to bring so many skills to the class room and a wide variety of projects because they will be well rounded in different types of art.
-A specialized teacher would also be able to bring their own work into the classroom which can give students access to professional work.
-Specialized teachers can also figure out projects which will help the students to learn the proper technique and developmental attributes that will give the students the most potential to create. They will understand how to teach the different techniques and when they should be taught to individual students.
-They would understand which aspects need to be discussed and looked at in critiques. This way they could lead class critiques and help students to look at art critically.

I believe that Art classes need their own time slot because:
-Students need the time to focus on the skills that they are working on.
-There needs to be time for the students to learn in a process fashion by thinking about art as it is being created. Further more so it can be discussed afterward.
-Art does work well to compliment other subjects, but art has it`s own history, it`s own science, it`s own physical attributes, and it`s own form of expression. I believe that because it has such a strong base and is such a well rounded subject it will need it`s own concentration.
-Art is able to help students to become physically and mental strong and will help them to work within their other classes, such as geometry in math, creation of structure in math, narrative in language arts, and representation of historical events in social studies. Considering that Art assists these subjects so much it should stand alone as a subject.
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